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Old 31st December 2008 | 19:16
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Nubian
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Autopilot is one thing, but what you refer to would be 'Autohover' (requiring 4-axis autopilot), which I am quite sure you won't find in News reporting helicopters, specially not in the US. New-ships are generally loaded with enough weight as it is, and to handfly a 350 is not that difficult either. It's done all the time with precission long-line.

Auto-pilot systems in light helicopters as the 350 and Bell 206 series are generally not very common at all. Not to mention with Autohover capability...
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